3. Cut the x-acto no.2 knife about 1 inch below the knurling. I used a dremel with a cut-off wheel and it worked pretty well.

4. Make some picks. When making your picks I recommend making the base of the pick in the same shape as the base of the x-acto blade. It makes for a very snug fit and will not move around when picking.

When you have finished making your desired picks and tension wrench/es simply put everything together. Remember, it is all pressure fitted. I recommend closing everything up in this order: 1. Place the x-acto tip firmly into the cap of the pen. 2. Place the picks inside the shaft. 3. Place the end of the x-acto tip (which is now affixed to the cap) into the shaft.I took some pictures because, well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Hope this helps!

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This is a sweet stealth lockpick, but I've seen it somewhere before... your post over at the other site I couldn't find any stainless sharpies locally though Maybe, I'll just order one on my next order on amazon. How is the feedback on it? I really dig the concept though!

I do appreciate that you didn't post it verbatim, so that noone complains about "ripped off content" without looking at who posted it!

elbowmacaroni wrote:This is a sweet stealth lockpick, but I've seen it somewhere before... your post over at the other site I couldn't find any stainless sharpies locally though Maybe, I'll just order one on my next order on amazon. How is the feedback on it? I really dig the concept though!

I do appreciate that you didn't post it verbatim, so that noone complains about "ripped off content" without looking at who posted it!

Well, again, thanks for sharing. And, yeah... I've seen it on thier site, but just can't find them in any stores around here. Which, honestly, surprises me, but what ya gonna do? I gotta order me one soon! I really need to make one of these. I'd been chompin' at the bit to make one for a while. Then I blinked, life distracted me, and I completely forgot about it until this post.

Sweet looking pick tool, but the question is how is the feedback? I am sure its perfect for a pick to carry with you, but if you were doing a lock out job I think you would want more feeling from the pick!

Yes, I also wonder about the feedback, but as it's all metal and pressure fitted with a collet, it should be pretty mechanically sound as far as transmission of feedback, but it would be interesting to hear from experience.

The credit for your example idea is an HPC 007 pen pick set. I had one years ago and it was my "Technical Award" from The Locksmith Ledger in the 1980's. My idea was reverse the collet and leave a pick installed, placeing the picks in the top of the pen. This way you only had to remove barrel (lower) and remove the tension tool then start picking.